Sanitary dispenser for roll paper



Feb. 18, 1947. D. A. NEUMAN 2,416,115

SANITARY DISPENSER FOR ROLILPAFER Filed Sept. 9, 1944 INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 18, 1947 SANITARY DISPENSER FOR ROLL mean I Donald A. Neuman, Minneapolis, Minn. Application September 9, 1944, Serial No; 553,336

This invention relates to a'sanitary holder and 2* Claims. (01.242-555) ceramics, glass, metal orother suitable semi rigid dispenser for 'roll paper tissue such as a roll of toilet paper or paper towels.

It is an object of my invention to provide a highly ornate, simple and relatively inexpensive roll holding housing provided with eflicient means for quickly replacing a roll of tissue and having a meansfor readily and accurately severing a portion of the continuous web'by the mere with drawal and upward pulling of the same from the free end thereof.

A further object is the provision of a sanitary tissue roll holder and dispenser wherein through the cooperation of several of the elements thereof, a snubbing action is obtained when the free end of the continuous web is pulled out and drawn upwardly and torn,' thereby preventing the material. While l2 prefer to mould or castthe entire housing'integrally, it will of.course,-be understood that parts thereof such as the front side, rear walls on top may be separately formed and suitably connected, or joined.

Housing Has shown has a cylindrically segmental top 5 which is curved substantially concentric with a roll operatively disposed therein,

said top at its rear portion being extended horizontally along a narrow portion 6 and joining with the relatively short rear vertical wall 1 which terminates along a horizontal edge la disposed as shown, slightly below a horizontal plane passing through the axis of the roll holding shaft. Vertical wall I is provided with a coopcrating attachment element such as a pair of objectional free-running of the roll after detachment of a section or sheet.

More specifically, it is anobject to provide a sanitary dispenser of the type described having an ornate, compact housing preferably integrally moulded from plastic or other suitable material and covering the roll as well as constituting journal bearings for the roll carrying shaft and having an open bottom for facilitating manipulation and attachment of the roll as well as means for eificiently enabling a section or sheet of tinuous tissue web to be severed.

Still another object is the provision of an integrally constructed housing which particularly lends itself to commercial manufacture at low cost and which provides in such'integral form, a means for readily detaching a used roll and replacing the same, a simple means for support attachment to a vertical wall,- bearings for the trunnions of a roll carrying shaft and a hori-' zontal severing means for separating a section of the continuous web.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will be more apparent from the following description made in connection with the acthe concompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the. same parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side and rear perspective view with the portion of one of the sidewalls broken, illustrating an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in frontelevation and partly in vertical section taken axially of the roll. My sanitary-dispenser as illustrated comprises an integrally moulded or cast housing'indicated as an entirety by the letter H which may conveniently be constructed from plastic materials,

keyhole slots lb which are adapted to cooperate with headed attachment screws or pins provided by vertical Wall or other vertical supporting medium.

The front of housing H includes a vertical wall 8 which is disposed tangentially to the segmental top portion 5 and which terminates in. a horizontal severing edge 8a. extending nearly the full width of the housing and tapered downwardly in'cross sectional thickness to facilitate severing of a section of the continuous tissue web. The lower corners of the front wall 8 are preferably angled at 8?) with reference to severing edge 8a,

, to facilitate guiding and proper centering of the full width of the web of tissue relative to the severing edge when the-Web is withdrawn. i My housing is provided with side walls 9 each of which ccnfor'msin periphery to'the contour of the front, top and rear walls and which has a lower horizontal edge 9a extending from the front wall rearwardly a short distance beyond the vertical axis of the housing. The rear por-, tion of thelower edge of the side walls are preferably arcuately formed at 9b along curves substantially concentric with the roll of tissue R. The'side' Walls 9 are provided with elongated up,- wardly extending slots Ill for receiving and guide ing the two-trunnions I la of a conventional type of roll holding shaft ll. their lower ends, extending from the lower edge of the side walls 9. upwardly to a point beyond the axial center line of the housing and then beingv curved laterally and downwardly to form in .the extremities thereof, trunnion bearings Illa. The slots ID are thus of inverted hook shape and "terminate at their closed ends in arcuate bearing ledges upon which the trunnions I la are adapted to rest and be journalled. The material of the Slots I D are open at.

' sidewalls 9 along the edges of the slots I is thickened in the moulding or other Construction of housing H to reinforce these slots and also to addattractiveness and ornamentation to the general design. I a

My sanitary dispenser is of course, constructed in proportion to receive tissue rolls of conventional size, the roll R. as shown constituting a continuous web of soft paper or other tissue spirally wound upon a reinforcing tube ii! of conventional type. It is important and desirable in my struc-'" ture that the roll carrying shaft ll be ofconsiderably smaller diameter than the diameter of the tub so that in the revolution of the roll I R, its axis is disposed materially eccentric relative to the axis of shaft H. -Thus.-free running of the roll is curtailed by a snubbing efiectpro disposed roll holdduced from the eccentrically ing shaft l I, which supports and is disposed within the cardboard roll tube l2. 7 g

- It will readily be seen that in operatively positioning a roll of toilet paperor the like in my :dispenser, the shaft H is first passed through the cardboard or other tubular, member E2 of theroll and the trunnions Ha are then lifted with the index finger of two hands and guided upwardly into the trunnion receiving slots, thus the roll sup orted on-the shaft H is quickly and easily lifted bodily into the housing and the trunnions improperly disposed in vthetbearing portions Miav ofthe hook shaped'slots by employing the fingers of the two hands at the sides 9 of the housing. In positioning a roll, the free end of It will of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, ar-

rangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of my invention.

What is claimed is:' t 1. A sanitary paper roll dispenser comprising an open bottom housing with a width to accommodate .the length of a conventional size roll of strip tissue, said housing having spaced, substantially yertical side walls, provided with upwardly extending inverted hook shaped slots v starting at the lower edges thereof and terminating in the central'portions of the side walls, the I termination of said slots furnishing arcuate bearing seats for receiving the trunnions of a roll holding shaft, said'housing having a front wall terminating in a lower horizontal edge, disposed below the axis of theroll holding shaft and a roll holding shaft'having a length slightly less than the internal lengthof said housing and having a diarneter greater than the width of said trunnion receiving slots and carrying at its ends coaxial, outwardly extending trunnionsof smaller the spiral web is disposed downwardly at the V 7 forward side of the housing as clearly shown in 1 Fig. '1, so that the tissue may be drawn off by first pulling downwardly and thereafter the desired amount severed by lifting the free end upwardly, thereby folding the web about the horizontal severing edge 8a, whereafter with one hand, a sheet or section may be cut from the roll by a transvers pulling action.

In paying out the strip from will not revolve freely snubbingactionand thissnubbing action is sumthe roll, the roll cient in view of the cooperating relationship ofthe horizontal severing edge 8a disposed some distance below the maximum lowerperiphery of the .roll, to enable the web or strip to be paid out, then pulled upwardly and torn from the dispenser by the use of one hand only. 3

If desired, the material may-be moulded or otherwise formed at the inner side of the trunbecause of the eccentric diameterthan the width of said slots and adapted 'to extend outwardly beyond the exterior of said side walls for somedistance to enable the shaft with a roll thereon to be bodily lifted by grasping the ends of said trunnions anddisposed in operative position with said trunnions seated in the endsof. said slots.

2. A sanitary dispenser for rolled'tissue comprising an open bottom housing shaped to cover at least the upper portion of a continuous Web of tissue in roll form, said housing having a pair of substantially vertical spaced sidewalls depending fromthe topof said housing and terminating in freelower edges, saidside walls having aligned trunnion receiving slots through the thickness thereof and extending from'said edges upwardly and then extending laterally and downwardly and terminating some distance below the top of said housingythe ends of said slots serving to seat andvjournal the respective trunnions of a roll holding shaft, said housing having a front side defined at its lower portion by a horizontal severing edge disposed, some distance below said trune; nion seats and a roll holding shaft having a diameter less than the internal diameter of a conventional tissue roll andlarger than the width of said slots and-having a length slightly less than the internal length of said housing and having I terminal coaxial trunnions extended from the ends thereof and of a length to project some disnion bearings to form a boss 'orseries of rings, is

which'on the two side walls 9' of the housing, -"fit the ends of the rollshaft H with very slight clearance to afford a'further frictional braking action in'thedispensing of the strip material. This construction ;however,';is not necessary to produce a snubbing action adequate for the purposes related.

From the foregoing description, itwill be seen that I have provided anornamental, modernistic construction.

tance beyond the exterior of said side walls whereby said shaft, witha roll thereon, may be operatively positioned in the ends of said slots by: grasping the outer ends of=-said trunnions, l 1

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